Apparel-belt.



No. 756,734. PATBNTED APR. 5, 1904.

J. A. TESS-MEIR.-

APPARBL BELT. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 5, 1903.

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PATENTED APR. 5, 1904. J. A. TESSMER.

APPAREL BELT.

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APPAREL-BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,734, dated April 5, 1904.

Application filed January 5, 1903.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN A.TEssMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in Ladies Belts, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists in a ladys belt made of covered sheet metal provided at its front with a hinged clasp having a hook-lever connected therewith for engaging the shirt-waist of the wearer and provided at its rear with both skirt and shirt-waist engaging means, as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of the belt applied to the body of the wearer. Fig. 2 represents a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a front view of the belt in its closed condition. Fig. & represents a rear view of the same. Fig. 5 represents a top view of the belt in its closed condition. Fig. 6 represents a top view of the same in its opened condition. Fig. 7 represents an enlarged view of the inner side of the hinged clasp-plate removed from the belt. Fig. 8 represents an edge view of the same with the hook-lever in its closed condition. Fig. 9 represents a section taken in the line 9 9 of Fig. 7, showing the hook-lever in its opened condition. Fig. 10 represents the outside view of the hook-plate for the back portion of the belt. Fig. 11 represents an end view of the same. Fig. 12 represents the inner side view of a hook-plate to be attached to the band of the skirt for the proper connection of the skirt with the hook-plate of the belt. Fig. 13 represents an edge view of the same. Fig. 14: represents an enlarged section taken in the line 14 14: of Fig. 5, showing a covering upon the metallic band.

In the drawings, A represents the belt, which is formed of a band of sheet metal 6, the ends of which are connected with each other by means of the clasping-plate 0, hinged to one of the ends 0 of the band and engaging with the hooks e 6 upon the other end by means of the perforations (Z d, and at the rear of the belt is placed the hook-carrying plate f, the said plate being provided at its upper edge with the inwardly-turned hooks Serial No. 137,969- (No model.)

9 g, which are adapted for engagement with the shirt-waist B of the wearer and also provided with the wire eyes it h, adapted to receive the hooks i e' of the metal piece j. which is to be secured to the band of the skirt 0, and by means of the wire eyes it h and the hooks e' i the band of the skirt C is to be attached to the belt, the bands 7e at the back of the plate f constituting a metallic ornament for the back of the belt, which latter may be provided with a covering a, of cloth, leather, or other suitable material, as shown in Fig. 14. The hinged clasping-plate c is provided with the slot-opening Z, through which is passed the hook-lever m, adapted for holding down the shirt-waist C, the said lever being provided with the engaging teeth 11. and pivoted to the plate 0 upon the pivotwire 0, and when the lever m is turned to the closed position, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the arm 10 of the lever is to be engaged and held in position by means of the sliding catch (1, which is held in the slot r in the claspingplate 0 and forced downward to proper engagement with the arm 0 of the hook-lever by means of the spring 8. The sliding catch q is formed of a hollow ornamented cap 2,, a web portion a, which extends through the slot p, and a flange portion o, by means of which the sliding catch is retained in the slot, and the engaging arm q of the hook-lever is formed of the ornamented plate w, with which the sliding catch engages.

I claim as my invention 1. In a ladys belt, the combination of the downwardly turned metallic band and the hinged downwardly pointed clasping plate, with the hook-lever adapted for engagement with the shirt-waist ofthe wearer, substantially as described.

2. In a ladys belt, the combinationof the metallic band, with the hinged clasping-plate provided with the hook-lever adapted for engagement with the shirt-waist of the wearer, and the locking means for the lever, substantially as described.

JOHN A. TESSMER. IVitnesses:

SOORATES SoHoLFrELD, WILLARD W. BARDSLEY. 

